'No More' Campaign Indigenous design baseball
A yellow baseball decorated by Indigenous artist Rochelle Fejo. Each side of the baseball has a different design with different meanings. The main designs are a black circle with dotted circles, a wavy white line, the 'No More' logo and two goanna totems. The artist's signature sits alongside one of the goanna totems.
The Northern Territory's CatholicCare 'No More' campaign has been instrumental in changing the culture of domestic violence in the Northern Territory through sport. Targeted initially towards indigenous men, the campaign has grown, and the message is spreading throughout sporting codes, states and internationally.
The Australian Baseball League (ABL) announced the 'NOMORE' Round was to be held 7-10 January 2016. Northern Territory sports presenter and campaign founder, Charlie King, attended the Perth Heat v Canberra Cavalry series in Perth, Western Australia on 7 January, where he threw out the first pitch.
Eight baseballs were painted by Indigenous artist Rochelle Minberrignully Fejo-Tasker for the 'No More' campaign. This yellow ball is one of two balls gifted to the Perth Heat ABL team by CatholicCare NT.
The artist Rochelle Fejo explains the symbolism:
"Each of the balls have the same designs with different totems.
The breakdown of each side of the ball:
The black circle with dotted circles - represents the now, the present time. It also is a meeting spot for discussions/yarning.
The wavy line is to represent sound waves of our voices - it’s time to speak up.
Which then connects to the other side to the No More logo.
Meaning in full 'It’s time to speak up and say No More to Domestic Violence'.
"These totems were chosen with the victims of domestic violence in mind. Each totem signifies their own spiritual meanings:
Goanna – strength, adaptive, greedy/selfish : there will be times that we have to be selfish by choosing ourselves and have the strength to let others go."
Details
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'No More'
[Artist's signature]
Indigenous artist Rochelle Minberrignully Fejo-Tasker is from the Larrakia (saltwater) and Warumunga (desert) tribes of the Northern Territory in Australia. In 2024, when the Baseball WA Museum & Archives contacted Rochelle for information about her involvement in the 'No More' campaign, she was based in Darwin NT.
The two baseballs were donated to the BWA Museum & Archives in 2024 by the Perth Heat.
A rare and unique item of baseball memorabilia, transformed into a piece of Indigenous art, to spread the message through sport of reducing domestic and family violence.
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